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club Leicester in the Aviva Premiership only recently and Bath lost a bonus point because of it. If Friday's big one against Wales comes down to a battle of the kickers the chances are that Leigh Halfpenny, along with the rest of the Principality, will enjoy the last laugh.

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Cipriani's numbers from the tee are worse than Ford's and it is not inconceivable that Henry Slade, who played on Friday for the Saxons against the Irish Wolfhounds, will get a rapid promotion to the senior squad. Finding 15 fit players to take the field in Cardiff is only the start of it. Lancaster's Nike Huarache Light Pink

With the injured Owen Farrell out of the picture and Shane Geraghty making up the numbers, England are only left with just two genuine candidates and Danny DeVito has more chance of being selected to start ahead of George Ford than Danny Cipriani. Ford is a wonderfully astute rugby player, the nearest the northern hemisphere has to a young Dan Carter; a tactical marionette who pulls all the right strategic strings. The problem is he is hopelessly inconsistent in front of goal, but without Farrell waiting in the wings, or playing inside centre, Ford is the best marksman available. The best but not good enough. Ford missed two simple kicks against Glasgow in that European zinger last Sunday. Bath got away with it on the day, but he missed another two against his old Nike Huarache Ultra Breathe

﻿s utilised just 18 players in their starting line up throughout the tournament, while England were able to select the same back line for every match. Little wonder they finished first and second. This season Lancaster dare not pick his side until they are safely inside the Millennium Stadium for Friday's opener for fear of someone twisting an ankle stepping off the team bus. England have been here before. In the first summer Test against New Zealand Lancaster had to pick a team without any contribution from the twin Aviva finalists, Saracens and Northampton. The makeshift side only lost to a Conrad Smith try two minutes from time. Something about adversity brings out the best in England, or so they hope. At least Lancaster won't have to toss a coin to determine which fly half take the field.

hardest task is to give England an alternative narrative, a different story to replace the one that Nike Air Force Duckboot Red is being forced down their throat. As things stand the 12 front line injuries are simply 12 subconscious excuses England will give themselves to lose in Cardiff. Somehow Lancaster has to turn the story round and give England reasons to believe that they can win. Lancaster will point to that narrow defeat in New Zealand and he will point out that Wales lack the same expertise as the All Blacks in closing out tight games. Two years ago referee Steve Walsh, no lover of England, penalised the visitors relentlessly at the scrum where many thought they held the whip hand, and Friday's French referee, Jerome Garces, is sure to be more even handed.